The Insects' Adaptability

"We've been discovered?!"

Noticing the insect's gaze, everyone was startled.

"Oh, it seems they possess some kind of detection method that we are unaware of."

Wisdom Immortal remained calm, lying on the transparent bulkhead, intently observing the peculiar insect.

"I said, we're at least surrounded now."

Li Jinyao complained, "Even if you're not afraid, can't you at least show some respect for these insects?"

"What a joke! With Old Bai here, what am I afraid of?"

Wisdom Immortal replied nonchalantly, "Oh, it seems this insect can command other individuals."

On the ground, the peculiar insect roared to the sky, familiar Runes flowing across its carapace. Then, the insect opened its mouth and unleashed a powerful barrage of Runes energy.

At this moment, Bai Qiuran could no longer maintain her invisibility. The Void Airship quickly moved sideways, dodging the artillery fire and revealing itself from its invisibility.

The shell grazed the airship, piercing a huge hole in the clouds and triggering a massive explosion that covered an area of several miles in radius.

"This insect's strength is equivalent to that of a Cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing Stage."

Li Jinyao turned to look at the sky and said, "Is this the result of pushing this Runes System to its limit?"

"Not only that, they must have also made their own optimizations to the Runes System."

As Jiang Lan spoke, she gently pulled open her sleeve.

On the ground, countless insects had already gathered at the call of this Special Individual; on the sea, waves surged, and countless aquatic insects and beasts were also gathering beneath the surface.

"It's impossible to discern how it calls upon and controls the Insect Swarm."

Bai Qiuran closed her eyes, released her Spiritual Sense, and then withdrew it, her face full of strange expressions.

"However, I did sense something strange... Lan'er."

He saw Jiang Lan preparing to release the poison and reached out to stop her.

"Don't use any high-level Toxins. Use the lowest level this time, just enough to ensure our escape."

"I see."

Jiang Lan nodded and then lowered her sleeves.

Then she went to the deck of the Void Airship, held onto the deck railing with one hand, and stretched out the other hand, gently touching the ground with her index finger.

A wisp of purple smoke flowed from her fingertips and vanished with the wind. But the next moment, countless enormous Black Insect on the ground spat out green foam from their mouthparts, and their flesh melted at a visible speed, spreading from the gaps in their carapaces. These giant insects, which were originally like war machines, melted into a pool of liquid like soft foam.

In the water, countless Water Beast thrashed and struggled. Soon, countless aquatic insects and beasts floated on the surface, belly up, having lost their lives.

"Is this the most basic type of poison?"

Wisdom Immortal looked at the scene and felt a chill run down her spine.

"Old Bai, I haven't had much contact with your wife... but isn't she a bit too forceful?"

"As the first Cultivators to the Return Ruins Realm, it's only natural that Lan'er's Toxins has this effect."

Bai Qiuran replied, "Even the lowest-grade Toxins, in her hands, can be catalyzed by her True Essence to produce incredibly terrifying effects."

"Look!"

Li Jinyao warned, "That strange insect is behaving strangely!"

On the ground, within the City covered by a carpet of flesh, the Special Individual that seemed to be able to command other insects also reacted. Jiang Lan released Toxins, Toxins filled the surrounding Heaven and Earth for dozens of miles, and this special insect was naturally infected by the Toxins as well.

Blue liquid dripped from beneath its black armor and gold markings, falling to the ground and emitting a hissing white smoke, corroding the flesh and carpet on the ground.

The insect appeared listless for a while, its four legs drooping weakly, its whole body hanging down. However, this state only lasted for about a minute before the black-armored, gold-striped insect suddenly struggled to its feet again. Moreover, it seemed that it had become immune to the Jiang Lan's Toxins.

It got up, the wounds on its body caused by the Toxins healing rapidly, and let out a fierce howl. At this moment, it once again transmitted some kind of signal to all the other insects through some unknown means.

Then, the surviving insects on the ground and in the water, as well as the bat-like flying insects rushing in from the sky, all underwent some subtle changes and evolution.

Then, the insects on the ground stood up, and no more aquatic insects emerged from the water belly up. In the distant sky, flying insects crashed into the area where Jiang Lan had spread the Toxins, but felt nothing.

They were all immune to the Toxins released by the Jiang Lan.

"Just as I thought..."

Bai Qiuran said, "Neither individual combat strength nor numbers are what make this race so terrifying. What makes these insects so frightening is precisely this aspect."

"Such an amazing ability to adapt to different environments."

Wisdom Immortal also sighed, "In response to the harsh environment where survival is impossible and filled with deadly poison, they evolved a corresponding immune system in just one minute, and transmitted it to the entire race through some means unknown to us... With such creatures, it's no wonder that so many civilizations in the Void have been devoured by them."

"These insects must have a weakness."

Li Jinyao drew her Twin Sabers and said, "Otherwise, they would have already taken over the entire Void."

"I think I roughly know what their weaknesses are."

Bai Qiuran said, "Jinyao, come with me and let's try to capture that Special Individual and take it back to the Machine God for research."

"Tsk."

On the deck, Jiang Lan frowned slightly when she saw the insects become immune to her Toxins.

As a super expert who has used poison for hundreds of thousands of years, there should be no one in the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, or even the entire Immortal Realm Void, who has surpassed her in the Poisonous Technique. Even her husband, Bai Qiuran, is only able to resist her Toxins simply because his physique and strength are too great.

In terms of expertise in Poisonous Creatures, Bai Qiuran, who focused on studying other subjects and primarily on cultivating his spiritual realm, was actually not as skilled as his wife.

Jiang Lan knew the power of the Toxins she had just used. Although she had listened to Bai Qiuran and released only a simple Toxins that even Mortals could concoct, under the catalysis of her terrifying Toxins Poisonous Technique, it had long since become an incredibly terrifying natural disaster, a veritable viral weapon.

If she were to release this Toxins into any world, and there wasn't a single Immortals in that world with a cultivation level above the Houtu Realm, no one would be able to withstand it. In the end, that world would become a world where all life Extinction, and only barren deserts and white bones remain.

However, these insects withstood the attack. It should be noted that, in terms of individual combat strength, even the strongest special insect was only equivalent to Cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing Stage.

"What an amazing ability to adapt."

Jiang Lan was considering whether to manipulate the ocean and use Vast Sea power to wipe out the insects when she suddenly heard Bai Qiuran's instructions in her Spiritual Sense not to act rashly for the time being.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Lan saw that below the flying boat, the phantom images of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable and the Matchmaking Celestial Maiden, the two Consciousness Demon Clones, were lurking in the dimension of Consciousness, vaguely reaching towards the special insect individual.